Safety-razor.



A. A. WARNER.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.17, 1909.

Patented May 23, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALONZO A. WARNER, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO LANDERS,FRARY AND CLARK, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 17, 1909.

Patented May 23, 1911.

Serial No. 533,613.

To allcuhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo A. WARNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSafety-Razors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements 111 safety razors, and the objectsof my improve ments are convenience and efficiency in use.

In the accompanying drawing-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my safetyrazor, the handle being in part broken out. Fig. 2 is an elevation of mysafety razor turned 90 degrees from the position shown in Fig. 1, inpart broken out. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line a: m of Fig. 1,on an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 is a sectional View on the line y y of Fig.2, on the same scale as Figs. 1 and 2.

My razor comprises a blade A of sheet metal which is removably held in ablade holder B by means of lugs 10 cast on the back edge of the blade,fitting and adapted to be received longitudinally in a tubular back 11in the said blade holder and is held against longitudinal displacementby means of a latch O, adapted to engage with the inner end of theblade. The tang 12 extends inwardly from the said latch and is pivotallyconnected to a pair of scales D, between which the cutting edge 13 ofthe blade is received and housed when the razor is closed, quite in anordinary manner. The said scales D however, are provided on their inwardfaces, intermediate their length, with inwardly projecting lugs 14, thepurpose of which will be hereinafter described.

My razor is provided with a guard member or guard and means of supporttherefor E comprising a guard plate F and a plate support G. The saidguard plate F comprises an essentially rectangular plate having alongone edge the usual comb formation which constitutes the guard proper 15,and which is provided with means for being retained in proper relationto the said cutting edge 13 of the blade, as will be hereafterdescribed. The said guard plate F is provided back from the said guardproper 15 and separated therefrom by a groove 16 with a flat bearingsurface 17 of appreciable width and adapted to bear against the side ofthe blade A and located in a plane set inward from the said guard proper15 so that when in normal position in contact with the blade the saidguard proper 15 will be adjacent the said edge 13 of the blade A andseparated therefrom by a space 18 so as to provide clearance between theguard and the blade. The reverse or outward face of the said guard plateF relatively to the said bearing surface is in part cut away from theback edge 29 to form a shoulder 20 so as to provide a support receivingspace 19 and at about the middle of the width is provided with two guidepins 21 projecting outwardly and adapted to engage with holes in theplate support as will be herewith described. The said plate support Gcomprises a tubular back 22, fitting the said tubular back 11 of theholder B, open longitudinally along the front and provided with twoforwardly projecting clamping members 23 and 25 of essentially the samelength, the guard supporting member 25 being longer and overhanging theblade supporting member 23. The

blade member 23 may be slitted, as at 24.

The guard member 25 is bent or bowed outwardly as at 26 adjacent theback and then extends forwardly so as to clear generally the saidsupport receiving surface 19 and to bear by its forward edge 27 againstthe said surface adjacent the said shoulder 20, and forming with thesaid surface a rocking pivotal engagement, and is provided with holes 28adapted to engage with the said guide pins 21 as described and by meansof which the said guard plate and support are retained positivelyconnected when the guard member and means of support therefor E is apartfrom the blade A and when being placed in position on the blade or beingremoved from such position, as well as when in normal position on theblade for use.

When the guard member and means of support therefor E is removed fromthe blade A my razor may be closed in an ordinary manner, as described,with the edge 13 inclosed between the scales D. With the guard memberand support therefor E in position on the blade A however, any attemptto close the razor would result in the guard coming in contact with oneof the lugs 14 on the scales D which would prevent all further attemptat such closing. Accordingly it is not possible to close my razorwithout removing the guard and support. As shown, the lugs 14 areintegral with the scales D, which is the preferred form, and

they are shown as two in number, so that one of them will always be inthe line of the guard and will be effective in preventing such closingas described, regardless as to the side of the blade on which the guardmay be located.

As described when assembled in normal position on the blade the guard 15of my safety razor is offset from the blade A by a predetermined amountwhich corresponds to the ofiset of the same relatively to the saidbearing surface 17 of the guard plate F, and which on account of therocking pivotal connection of the guard plate F and the plate support Gis independent of the thicknesses of the blade A.

When removed from the blade A th guard member and means of support therefor E is self contained as described, the plate F and support Gbeingretained against separation, and the said guard member is symmetricaland reversible and accordingly is adapted to be placed on the blade foreither right hand or left hand use.

I claim as my invention 1. In a safety razor having a removable blade, aguard member comprising a guard plate and a plate support, the saidguard plate comprising an essentially rectangular plate provided alongone edge with a guard and adjacent the other edge on one side with aplane bearing surface of appreciable width and on the reverse side witha clamping wing receiving space having guide pins, the said platesupport comprising a back fitting and adapted to be received over theback of said blade and a pair of clamping wings adapted to clamp saidblade to said back with the bearing surface in contact with the blade,one of said clamping wings being in contact with the blade and the otherprovided with holes adapted to receive the said guide pins, and to makeclamping contact by its edge with the said clamping wing receiving spacealong a line essentially intermediate the iongitudinal edges of the saidbearing surface.

2. In a safety razor comprising a blade and a guard, and a spring clampremovably securing the said guard to the side of the said blade, thesaid guard having one side Copies of this patent may be obtained forfive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

fitted to rest against one side of the said blade and its other sideprovided with a longitudinal shoulder, and the said spring clampcomprising a pair of clamping wings united by a tubular back, and havingtheir edges opposed and separated by a space for receiving the blade andguard, one of the said wings being received against the side of the saidguard, with its lower edge in contact therewith adjacent the saidshoulder, and provided with a row of holes adjacent the said edge, thesaid side of the guard being providedwith a set of pins in engagewingedspring clamp for holding the said guard against the said blade, one ofthe said.

wings being provided with perforations that receive the said pins, theedge of the said wing being extended toward the median line of the guardbeyond the said perforations for bearing upon the said guard, the saidpins being free to move out and in within the said perforations topermit the said guard to rock upon the said edge of the said wing toconform to that side of the said blade against which the said guard maybe seated. 7

I. In a safety razor having a blade, a handle comprising scalespivotally connected to said blade, and adapteduto receive said bladebetween said scales, and a guard adapted to be removably received onsaid blade,

lugs on said scales, the said lugs located in-. termediate the length ofsaid scales, on the.

inner faces of the same, and concealed and invislble from the exterior.

ALONZO A. WARNER.

Witnesses:

Josnrrr F. LAMB, Josnrn O. ELMER.

Washington, D. C.

